UnitedHealth Is in Serious Trouble

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One of America’s most powerful insurers, UnitedHealth, just admitted it massively underestimated the cost of healthcare — and now it’s paying the price. The company slashed its 2025 outlook by billions, citing a flood of delayed surgeries and rising medical expenses. After a chaotic year of leadership crises, cyberattacks, and DOJ scrutiny, the pressure is on. Can AI and internal audits save them, or is it too late?

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00:00One of America's biggest insurers just admitted they underestimated the cost of health care,

00:05and now they're in serious trouble. UnitedHealth just slashed its 2025 outlook by billions.

00:11Shares plunged 4% and this comes after a year of chaos. A CEO murdered cyber attacks and DOJ

00:18investigations. They expected $20.91 in earnings, but now it's only $16. That's a massive miss.

00:25Why? Seniors are flooding hospitals again for surgeries they delayed during the pandemic,

00:30and UnitedHealth didn't plan for it. Their medical costs are exploding,

00:34and now watchdogs are reviewing every process inside of the company. UnitedHealth is promising

00:39AI tools and auditing to fix this, but is it too late? What happens when the most powerful

00:44insurer in the country miscalculates the future of health care? Follow Benzinga to stay up to date.

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